Eli Manning and the Giants celebrated their second Super Bowl title in five seasons in February with another victory over the Patriots.

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The scene on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis an hour after the Giants' Super Bowl XLVI victory possessed a dreamlike quality, as a small group collected souvenir handfuls of red, white and blue confetti inside the cavernous structure, its stands having emptied completely.

I still have the photo on my phone.

Nine months to the day later, the sense of unity on display as the Giants hosted the Pittsburgh Steelers at MetLife Stadium, less than a week after superstorm Sandy made landfall, was as poignant as any moment during the team's run to a world championship. ...